Gas lighter



c. L. OLD

GAS LIGHTER Filed April 21, 1921 Snow tot Patented Feb. 17, 1925.

CLARENCE L. OLD, OF

GILROY, CALIFORNIA.

GAS LIGHTER.

Application filed April 21,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Cnannnon L. OLD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Gilroy, in the county of Santa Clara and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in GasLighters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object the provision of a simple andinexpensive means whereby gas may be ignited at a burner without the useof matches or other explosives and safety in the use of gas burnersthereby assured. The invention seeks to provide a device for the statedpurpose which will be easily manipulated and which is not apt to get outof order and by which a spark may be produced at will at the gas burnerso as to ignite the gas issuing therefrom. These stated objects andother objects which will incidentally appear hereinafter are attained insuch a device as is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and theinvention resides in certain novel features which will be particularlypointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a view, partly in elevation and partly insection, of an apparatus embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the resistance box with the cover removed;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the resistance box.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a resistance box 1 which isprovided with openings 2 at such points as may be deemed convenientthrough which fastening devices may be driven into the wall of a room inwhich the device is to be used, a backing 3 of insulation beinginterposed between the box and the wall, and the box also beingpreferably of insulating material. It will also be understood thatcollars or bushings of insulation will be fitted around the fasteningdevices within the openings 2 so that the possibility of shortcircuiting through the material of the box will be avoided. In the upperend of the box is provided an opening for a leading-in conductor a whichis to be connected to the ungrounded side of the house circuit and abushing or collar 5 of insulation is fitted in the said opening aroundthe conductor 4:, as will be readily understood. The exposed snnend 6 ofthis conductor is secured around a binding post 7 within the box andthesaid-- 1921. Serial No. 463,296.

post is insulated from the box by a washer 8 and a bushing 9, as will bereadily understood. The box may be lined also with asbestos or othernon-conducting material, as indicated at 10. Upon the back wall of theresistance box, at the lower end thereof, I secure a block 12 ofinsulation and in the upper end of this block I secure a binding post13, a resistance coil 14 being secured to and extending between theposts 7 and 13, as shown. In the upper end of the resistance box and atthe center of the same, I provide a binding post- 15 which is alsoinsulated from the back wall of the box by a washer 8 and bushing 9 andthis binding post 15 is connected with the post 13 by a metallic link16. A third binding post 17 is mounted in the resistance box adjacentthe upper end thereof and this binding post 17 is connected with thepost 13 by a resistance coil 18. In the lower end of the insulatingblock 12 is provided a post 19 which forms the pivot or fulcrum for aswitch arm 20 which is preferably a leaf spring and carries a handle 21playing in a slot 22 in the cover 23 of the resistance box, the saidslot 22 being, of course, concentric with the pivot post 19. To theupper end of the post 19, I secure the bare end 24 of a conductor 25which extends through an opening in the bottom of the resistance box andthrough an insulated bushing or ring 26 fitted in the said opening. Theconductor 25 extends into a handle 27 of wood or other non-conductingmaterial and at the point of entrance a light spring 28 is coiled aroundthe conductor so as to prevent breaking thereof by the bending of thesame over the end of the handle. WVithin the handle 27 is a chamber 29and a leaf spring 30 is secured to the end of the conductor within thesaid chamber, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. A push button 31 is mounted inthe side of the handle and connected with said spring so that pressureupon the push button will cause the end of the spring to bear upon theinner end of a conductor 32 which is secured firmly in the end of thehandle and projects therefrom. This conductor 82 is preferably a lightrod or stout wire and its extremity 33 is to be rubbed upon the gasburner when the device is to be used.

It is thought the manner of using the device will be readily understood.The conductor f is attached to the leading-in wire or themngrounded sideof the usual house

